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| Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. JacksonFollow the link to an eBook found of CMRLS.Freading.com
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Starring: gender-bending French artists (and longtime couple) Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, who parlayed their creative talents into “artistic acts of psychological warfare” in Nazi-occupied Jersey.
How they did it: Schwob and Malherbe secretly distributed subversive notes, photos, and news in an effort to demoralize German soldiers.
Try this next: The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis by Norman Ohler. |
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Valley Forge
by Bob Drury
1777:
What it's about: The #1 New York Times best-selling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with an account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army winter camp where George Washington turned the tide of the American Revolution.
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The Wright brothers
by David G McCullough
1903:
What it's about: Chronicles the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the Wright brothers, sharing insights into the disadvantages that challenged their lives and their mechanical ingenuity. By the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of Truman.
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Blitz : the story of December 29, 1940
by Margaret Gaskin
1940:
What it is: A historical narrative of Germany's 1940 Luftwaffe attack on London vividly reconstructs the events of December 29 during which Hitler's forces attempted to burn the city to the ground, in an account told from the perspectives of everyday survivors as well as such figures as Edward R. Morrow and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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December 1941 : 31 days that changed America and saved the world
by Craig Shirley
1941:
What it's about: Chronicles the decisive month in American history, where the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor facilitated the entrance of the United States into World War II, and details the economic, social, and political climate of the country during that time.
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11 days in December : Christmas at the Bulge, 1944
by Stanley Weintraub
1944:
What it's about: An account of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge between Allied forces and Hitler's surviving army describes how Germany surprised Eisenhower's generals by breaking through Allied lines in the Ardennes Forest, sparking a brutal ten-day conflict that proved pivotal to the war's outcome.
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe
1972:
What it's about: In December 1972, Belfast widow and mother of 10 Jean McConville was wrongly accused of being an informant for the British Army. Abducted from her home by members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), she was never seen again.
Why you might like it: Blending elements of murder mystery, political history, and true crime, this heartwrenching deep dive into The Troubles offers an unflinching portrait of the conflict's lasting repercussions.
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| One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten1986:
How it began: After enlisting the help of strangers to pick a random date out of a hat, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten spent years researching the events of December 28, 1986.
What's inside: murders, medical discoveries, freak accidents, and more; updated interviews with people involved in the headlines of the day.
Reviewers say: "a trove of compelling human-interest pieces with long reverberations" (Publishers Weekly). |
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We got him! : a memoir of the hunt and capture of Saddam Hussein
by Steve Russell
2003:
What's in it: Presents a description by a lieutenant colonel in the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment of the strategies and resources used in the hunt for Saddam Hussein, which resulted in his capture in December of 2003 in Operation Red Dawn.
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Newtown : an American tragedy
by Matthew Lysiak
2012:
What's in it: Chronicling the horrific events of December 14, 2012, this first comprehensive account of the Sandy Hook shootings sheds new light on the unstable killer, Adam Lanza, and shows how this American tragedy became a lighting rod for political agendas, much like Columbine 10 years earlier.
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